Scan to Text
OCR a JPG or PNG of a scan and download a .txt file. Same job as Image to Text — this page is for the scan query. Not OCR PDF and not PDF to TXT.
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How to extract text from a scan
1.Choose a JPG or PNG of a scanned page or photo of a document.
2.Pick the language that matches the text.
3.Click Extract text. Recognition runs locally in your browser.
4.Preview the words, then download a .txt file.
FEATURES
Same Image to Text job
Not a second Tools-grid entry. This is a photo of a page, not OCR PDF.
Not OCR PDF
For a scanned PDF, use OCR PDF. For selectable PDF text, use PDF to TXT.
Words, not columns
This page downloads OCR text. For reconstructed cells, use Image to Excel.
Files stay local
OCR runs in your browser. We do not upload the image.
Honest OCR
We use Tesseract. Skewed photos, tiny type, and handwriting will miss words.
Free to start
5 free jobs a day. Upgrade to Pro for larger files and more daily jobs.
Scan to Text vs OCR PDF
People search scan to text when they photographed a page. This page runs the same /image-to-text OCR. It is not a second tool in the Tools grid.
Use OCR PDF if the scan is already a PDF. Use Scan to JSON if you want structured JSON.
JPG and PNG only. Not OCR PDF. Not PDF to TXT. Not a certified reader.
TOOLS
Optimize & Extract
Convert To PDF
Convert From PDF
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